请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 born-again christian
释义

born-again Christian


A Christian who has experienced a distinct, dramatic conversion to faith in Jesus, especially a member of certain Protestant groups that stress this experience. The expression recalls words of Jesus in the Gospels: “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (See evangelical.)

notes for born-again Christian

In nonreligious contexts, someone who is “born again” has a new enthusiasm for doing something.

Words nearby born-again Christian

Borman, Bormann, born, borna disease, born-again, born-again Christian, born and bred, born-digital, borne, Bornean, Borneo
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/11 13:16:16